Fierce winds swept across Colorado and the Great Plains on Wednesday, damaging buildings, closing highways and overturning tractor-trailers, officials say.
There were unconfirmed, preliminary reports of tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa, according to the National Weather Service.
Tractor-trailers in the state blew over and there were brownout conditions and close to zero visibility near Wakeeney, Kansas, and officials urged people to stay off the highways. Kansas State University Salinas said its campus suffered weather damage and was closed.There were likely a few fast-moving, relatively weak tornadoes in south-central Nebraska, Ryan Pfannkuch, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Hastings, said.
Parts of Jefferson County, Colorado, saw wind gusts of up to 95 mph Wednesday, the National Weather Service in BoulderMore than 500 flights at Denver International Airport were delayed and almost 150 were canceled, according to flight tracking site. The Federal Aviation Administration put a ground delay in place until 6 p.m., an airport spokesperson said.
Video released by the Nebraska State Patrol showed a big rig topple in front of a trooper on Interstate 80 near Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon. The driver was not injured.
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